Profile: Hand walked nearly as many as he struck out last year and has a history of uninspiring strikeout and walk rates. With an extreme fly ball tendency to boot, he has a long way to go to be worth rostering if he manages to wiggle into the rotation. (Mike Podhorzer)

Profile: Brad Hand’s 2014 didn’t quite match up to his short, limited 2013. After posting an adjusted ERA well below average that year, he posted an adjusted mark of 19% worse than average last year. It’s difficult to see where he’ll get better, because he hasn’t shown the ability to put major league hitters away, posting a 15% career strikeout rate. Among starters with at least 100 innings pitched in 2014, only nine pitchers posted a lower strikeout rate. He was better in the second half than in the first, thanks to his improved control, but until he’s able to get right-handed batters out more effectively his production doesn’t seem likely to kick up a notch. (Landon Jones)

The Quick Opinion: Hand seems likely to be delegated into streaming duty. His current makeup doesn’t present enough upside in the form of strikeouts to outweigh the risks of runs crossing the plate frequently.

Profile: For the last two seasons, Brad Hand has been a swing man for the Marlins. Over that period, he’s made 28 starts and 42 relief appearances. As a starter, Hand has struggled. Despite only 2.9 walks per nine, Hand has carried a 4.86 ERA and 4.41 FIP. As a reliever, he’s been a bit better with a 4.66 ERA and 3.48 FIP -- a low 66.4% strand rate and even lower 5.7% home run per flyball rate capture the bulk of that discrepancy. In truth, even long relief may be stretching Hand’s abilities. He throws a fastball, slider, curveball, and changeup, but only his slider was a plus pitch in 2015. On a team with better pitching depth, the lefty Hand would likely best be served as a Lefty One Out GuY. For his career, Hand has allowed a .273 weighted on base average versus left-handed hitters compared to a .354 wOBA versus right-handers. Meanwhile, Hand has also benefited from the pitcher-friendly Marlins Park — his wOBA allowed at home is 59 points lower than on the road in his career. The splits are there to potentially eke some fantasy value out of Hand, but unless the Marlins change how they use him, it likely will not be possible. There are plenty of better reliever options to boost your ratios, even in deeper formats. (Scott Spratt)

The Quick Opinion: Brad Hand is a swing man for the Marlins, but even in his relief appearances, his numbers are not good enough to help your ratios. Unless the left-handed Hand becomes a situational lefty, look elsewhere in fantasy.

Profile: Hand had, quietly, one of the best seasons of any reliever in baseball in 2016. He led qualified relievers in innings pitched and appearances, and he pitched to the 19th-best WAR. His worst month came in June, when he posted a 4.50 ERA and still struck out almost a quarter of the hitters he faced. He also posted the first positive WPA of his career, and it also ranked 19th-best among relievers. He was murder on left-handed hitters, holding them to a .124 batting average and struck them out almost 34 percent of the time. He added a slider that he threw 30.3 percent of the time and almost completely ditched his curveball (7.5 percent) and changeup (1 percent). If he played outside of San Diego, he might get some more recognition. And before you say he benefited from playing in Petco Park, he was actually much better away from the friendly confines (2.43 ERA, 2.20 FIP away; 3.33 ERA, 3.65 at home). With Brandon Maurer and Carter Capps in the fold, Hand might not get many save opportunities, but he's a valuable piece and, if he's anything like he was last season, could find himself as prime trade bait come July. (Dustin Nosler)

The Quick Opinion: A breakout season for Hand resulted in him being a Top-20 reliever in baseball. His strikeout rate skyrocketed to 30.5 percent without his walk rate following in turn. He held hitters to a sub-.200 average and established himself as one of the premiere left-handed relievers in the game -- and no one knows who he is.